State lawmakers learned at a hearing Thursday that there is very little they can do to regulate the growing number of oil trains entering California, and even tracking their movements is proving difficult.

SLEEP TRAIN MATTRESS CENTERS, YOUR TICKET TO A BETTER NIGHT'S SLEEP!] KCRA 3 NEWS A T 6:00 STARTS NOW. LAWMAKERS ARE GETTING MORE MORE WORD ABOUT TRAINS LOADED WITH OIL. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN WE TRY TO QUESTION THE TOP RAILROAD EXECUTIVE. I AM NOT WILLING TO,. WHY DON'T YOU GET AHOLD OF OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS PERSON? WHY WON'T YOU RELEASE SCHEDULING INFORMATION? ONE STATE SENATOR SAID SHE WALKED AWAY EVEN MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DANGER OF OIL TRAINS. THERE IS VERY LITTLE THEY CAN DO TO STOP THESE TRAINS AND EVEN KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. DAVID BIENICK IS LIVE IN MIDTOWN SACRAMENTO WHERE THE TRAINS HAVE BEEN A CONCERN. THIS IS ONE OF THE RAIL LINES THAT CRISSCROSS THE SACRAMENTO REGION. THE RAIL OFFICIALS WHO TESTIFIED TODAY SAY THEY DO TRY TO AVOID POPULATED AREAS WHEN DECIDING WHERE TO SEND THEIR TRAINS, BUT THEY SAID IF THEY WANT TO, THEY CAN. THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW WHEN THEY'RE COMING. HE LIVES NEAR THE RAILROAD TRACKS. SHE USED TO LOVE TO HEAR THE TRAINS GO BY. IT JUST, THE USUAL TRAIN SOUND -- BUT NOT ANYMORE. NOT SINCE SHE LEARNED OIL TRAINS MIGHT BE USING THESE TRACKS. I DO NOT WANT TO BE INCINERATED. AT TODAY'S HEARING, OFFICIAL TESTIFIED THAT SUCH FEARS MIGHT BE JUSTIFIED, CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF OIL COMING INTO CALIFORNIA HAS DOUBLED SINCE LAST YEAR. THE RISKS ARE HIGH. IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH MORE THAN TO SEE THE PICTURES OF WHAT HAPPENED TO UNDERSTAND THE RISKS. THESE THINGS EXPLODE WHEN THEY DERAIL. WERE TTHERE TO BE A TERRELL MANNING IN SACRAMENTO, A SCANT DISTANCE FROM HERE, EVERYONE IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO WOULD BE THREATENED. EXPERTS TESTIFIED ONLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN REGULATE RAILROADS. STATE EMERGENCY OFFICIALS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET RAIL COMPANIES TO TELL THEM WHEN AND WHERE THE OIL TRAINS WILL BE. THEY NEED THAT INFORMATION EARLIER THAN LATER. I THINK THE PUBLIC HAS THE RIGHT TO KNOW H. AN EXECUTIVE DECLINED TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SHIPMENT SCHEDULE. FIRST RESPONDERS SAY THIS IS CRITICAL INFORMATION. CAN YOU TELL US WHY YOU DO NOT WANT TO RELEASE IT? LATER, HE SAID RAIL COMPANIES NEED TO KEEP TRAIN SHIPMENTS THE SECRET IN ORDER TO PREVENT THEM FROM BECOMING TARGETS. THAT IS A DANGER. A TERRORIST OR SOMEBODY WHO IS MISGUIDED WHO HAS BAD BAD INTENTION, THAT IS THE CONCERN WE HAVE. SO FAR, STATE OFFICIALS SAY THE REPORTS THEY ARE GETTING ARE NOT USEFUL AND OFTEN COME DAYS AFTER THE TRAINS HAVE ARRIVED.